A Chinese eight-panel coromandel screen, Qing dynasty
A Chinese eight-panel coromandel screenQing dynastyBearing a cyclical date corresponding to 1686, and possibly of the period
The main face depicting courtiers and attendants gathering, and meiren dancing in front of a dignitary in a pavilion, verso depicting cranes and various birds in a flowery landscape, inscription to upper left, inscribed "Kangxi bingyin chun, san yue...", all above panels of mythical creatures; stylized lotus scroll borders, all against a reddish-brown ground.
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H: 97, W: 16 3/4 in. (each leaf)PROVENANCE:Private collection, Philadelphia area, circa 1950
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the mid 1970s
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A Chinese eight-panel coromandel screenQing dynastyBearing a cyclical date corresponding to 1686, and possibly of the period
The main face depicting courtiers and attendants gathering, and meiren dancing in front of a dignitary in a pavilion, verso depicting cranes and various birds in a flowery landscape, inscription to upper left, inscribed "Kangxi bingyin chun, san yue...", all above panels of mythical creatures; stylized lotus scroll borders, all against a reddish-brown ground.
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H: 97, W: 16 3/4 in. (each leaf)PROVENANCE:Private collection, Philadelphia area, circa 1950
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the mid 1970s
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